Hector Bautista (Earth-616)

Overtime
Name	Hector Bautista
Current Alias	Overtime
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Infinity Watch
Relatives	Parents: Unnamed father Unnamed mother
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Green Brown (formerly)
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human powered by the Time Stone
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Cause of Death	Killed by Thanos (resurrected by Thanos)
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Fugitive, host of the Time Stone
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Gerry Duggan, Mark Bagley
First	Infinity Wars: Infinity #1 (January, 2019)
First	Infinity Wars: Infinity #1 (January, 2019)

 Just a couple of days ago I was in a Texas jail. Now I'm in space surrounded by psychos. 

—Hector

History

Hector Bautista was a Texan wrongfully convicted for murder. The night before his execution, Hector was sought by the Time Stone. The artifact crashed into Hector's cell and merged with him without Hector noticing. He gained the ability to stop and restart time, and while learning the ropes of his new power, he escaped imprisonment.

While trying to avoid getting captured by the authorities, he was grabbed by Wolverine and Loki to protect him. However, the Warbringer appeared to take the Time Stone to restore his race, the Chitauri. When Wolverine couldn't subdue Warbringer, Loki used an illusion to trick Warbringer into thinking that he retrieved the Time Stone, resulting in the villain leaving. Then the Fraternity of Raptors appeared and kidnapped Hector.

The Raptors' leader Robbie Rider tortured Hector to make him hand over the Time Stone, but Hector didn't know how to summon the stone. Wolverine and Loki boarded the Raptors' ship to rescue Hector, but they were eventually subdued. So, Loki went back to Earth to get Robbie's mother Gloria Rider hoping she could talk some sense into him.

This backfired however when Robbie mistook his mother for one of Loki's illusions and unintentionally struck her down. Hector was able to reverse this by traveling back into time several seconds into the past. Hector's manipulation of the time stream, though, caused the Time Variance Authority to appear to arrest him for his actions, but their attempted arrest was interrupted by an upset Warbringer who came to take the Time Stone. The appearance of the TVA was later revealed to be an illusion created by Loki.

In a panic, Hector accidentally froze time around him but couldn't figure out how to return it to normal. Three days later, Hector learned how to better control his powers and eventually reversed the time freeze. As the Raptors' ship started to explode, Hector froze Warbringer long enough for him and the others to escape back to Earth via a portal Loki created. When Wolverine asked Hector to take him back in time to rescue the X-Men, Hector refused, citing that he was been pushed around his whole life and was tired of it. When Wolverine punched him, Hector angrily used his power to deliver a barrage of punches that sent Wolverine flying into tree. He then left for parts unknown.

Overtime began using his powers for good, saving some people from a fire. However, this took the attention of Black Widow who suspected he was using his powers to mug people instead. Overtime was soon confronted by her and Captain America who didn't acknowledge any of the good deeds he done thus far and inquired on the crime he was falsely accused of committing. Feeling antagonized, he used his powers to evade them and escape. Upon making his escape, Overtime decided to practice his powers in order to go back in time and prevent himself from getting convicted for murder.

Overtime was sought out by Black Cat in order to bring him near fellow Infinity Stone host Star so her powers were strong enough to cure her mother. To have him onboard, Black Cat lied to Overtime that she had saved him from Nick Fury who had been after everyone that hosted the Infinity Stones. Her plan was a success, but Fury soon appeared and revealed that the hospital they were in was all a set up, forcing Overtime to barely escape.

Attributes

Abilities

Driving

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Equipment

Time Stone: While he wields the Time Stone Hector can stop, restart, slow down or speed up the flow of time at will. It also allows him to travel back in time for at least several seconds, and to manipulate individuals and objects in time, like freezing them and reversing their actions, which Hector compared to using a DVR.

Notes

• Hector's eyes were brown before merging with the Time Stone.

Trivia

• Hector always expected humankind to return to the Moon during his lifetime.

See Also

• 11 appearance(s) of Hector Bautista (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Hector Bautista (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Hector Bautista (Earth-616)
• 22 image(s) of Hector Bautista (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Hector Bautista (Earth-616)